Coffee-percolator.



J. H. MYERS.

COFFEE PERUOLATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 7, 1909.

961,886, Patented June 21, 1910.

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JAMES H. MYERS, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

COFFEE-PEBCOLATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Application filed October '7, 1909. Serial No. 521,594.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffee-Percolators, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in perspective of my improved coifee-percolator in position for use in a coffeepot. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the supporting wire-frame of the percolator.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a. coffee-percolator adapted for use in an ordinary coffee-pot, and self-supporting therewithin.

' Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Referring to the drawing wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, the frame or stand of my improved percolator comprises a supporting base, 1, an upright, 2, projecting horizontally from the upper end of which are a pair of clamping arms, 3 terminating in divergent ends 6; and projecting horizontally from said upright about the middle thereof a loop or ring 4. A percolator-bag, 5, is adapted to have its open end clamped and held between the arms, 3, with the body of the bag hanging freely through the ring 4. The percolator-bag is adapted to be inserted between the arms, 3, by drawing the upper end of the bag horizontally in between the divergent ends, 6, of said arms.

In using the percolator the desired amount of coffee is placed within the percolator-bag, 5, the open end of which is then drawn together and forced in between the clamping arms, 3, the body of the bag being dropped down through the ring 4. The device is then placed within an ordinary coffee-pot, upon the bottom of which the supporting base, 1, of the percolator rests. The desired I l l 1 amount of water is introduced into the coffee-pot, and, when properly steeped, the coffee is poured from the spout, 7, of the pot in the ordinary manner.

The loop, 4, prevents the percolator-bag, 5, from swinging or falling over against the opening or openings, 8, leading to the spout, so that clogging of the outlet by said bag is effectually prevented.

As a preferred form of frame or stand I have shown the same formed of wire, the base, 1, being formed by a loop in the middle portion of the same piece of wire which in twisted form constitutes the upright, 2, and the ends of which constitute the horizontal clamping arms 3.

The loop, 4, is formed of a separate piece of wire, the ends of which are bent around and soldered to the upright 2.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A stand for coffee-percolators comprising a supporting base, an upright erected from said base, a pair of arms projecting laterally from the upper end of said upright adapted to receive and support therebetween the top of a percolator-bag, and a loop projecting laterally from an intermediate part of said upright adapted to inclose said bag.

2. A. stand for cofiiee-percolators comprising a supporting base in the form of a wire loop, an upright erected therefrom, and a pair of clamping arms projecting horizontally from the upper end of said upright, all formed of a single piece of wire, and a wire loop projecting in a horizontal plane from said upright at an intermediate point thereof.

3. A stand for coifee-percolators comprising a supporting base in the form of a wire loop, an upright erected therefrom, and a pair of clamping arms projecting horizontally from the upper end of said upright, and having divergent ends, all formed of a single piece of wire, and a wire loop projecting in a horizontal plane from said upright at an intermediate point thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of October, 1909.

JAMES H. MYERS.

Vitnesses FRANK C. CURTIS, J. DONSBACH. 

